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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Section 1: "The Possibility of Evil".
Multiple Choice Questions
1. How old is Miss Strangeworth?
(a) 81.
(b) 71.
(c) 91.
(d) 61.
2. What does Miss Strangeworth fail to notice about her letters?
(a) The envelopes are not properly sealed.
(b) One has fallen onto the ground.
(c) She has forgotten to address one.
(d) They do not have stamps on them.
3. When Miss Strangeworth gets home from the grocery store, why does she not have the cup of tea she thinks about having?
(a) She had a cup earlier in the day and thinks that a second cup is too indulgent.
(b) She is too tired and decides to have a nap.
(c) She believes that it will spoil her appetite for her midday meal.
(d) She has forgotten to buy tea at the grocery store.
4. When Miss Strangeworth thinks to herself "People must live graciously, after all," (425), what does this show about her as a person?
(a) She wants everyone to have a life as nice as hers.
(b) She understands the irony of her position in the town.
(c) She is a very selfish person.
(d) She understands very little about other people.
5. What letter does Miss Strangeworth think about writing to the school board?
(a) One that asks how the chemistry teacher can afford such a fancy car.
(b) One that accuses a student of drinking during the school day.
(c) One that accuses the librarian of stealing from the library fund.
(d) One that accuses the principal of having an affair with a secretary.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does Miss Strangeworth's nice cream-colored stationery say at the top?
2. Why did Miss Strangeworth stop calling Tommy Lewis "Tommy" and start calling him "Mr. Lewis"?
3. When Miss Strangeworth looks out the window after the story ends, what will she see?
4. Miss Strangeworth thinks that people everywhere are "degraded" (425). What does this mean that she thinks about people?
5. What causes Miss Strangeworth to say that the Cranes' baby will expect luxury all of her life?
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